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Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation and Subsequent Survival in Medicare Patients

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are prevalent in the elderly and are independently associated with increased risk of death. We evaluated risk of incident AF with advancing CKD and examined the mortality rate associated with CKD after incident AF in elderly patie...

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Autores principales: Nelson, Sarah E., Shroff, Gautam R., Li, Shuling, Herzog, Charles A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.112.002097